Algebra Arithmetic Geometric Sequences

Find the next three terms: 4, 12, 36, 108, ...

• 324, 972, 2916

• 972, 2916, 8748

• 405, 1215, 3645

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Find the 9th term in the following geometric sequence:

4, 8, 16, 32, ...

• 384

• 512

• 768

• 1,024

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Write the explicit formula for the geometric sequence.

• a_n = 4(3)^n-1

• a_n = 3(4)^n-1

• a_n = -4(3)^n-1

• a_n = 3(-4)^n-1

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Find the 6th term of the following geometric sequence:

2, 8, 32, 128, ...

• 8192

• 2048

• 512

• 128

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For each sequence, state if it is arithmetic, geometric, or neither.
−34, −26, −18, −10, −2, ... 

• Arithmetic

• Geometric

• Neither

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Carey is organizing her books and putting them on shelves. She put 2 books on the first shelf, 8 books on the second shelf, 32 books on the third shelf, and 128 books on the fourth shelf. What kind of sequence is this?

• Geometric

• Arithmetic

• Both

• Neither

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Which sequence is NOT an arithmetic sequence?

• -7, -13, -19, -25,...

• -10, -6, -2, 2,..

• 6, 8, 10, 12,...

• 3, 15, 75, 375,...

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What is the common difference of the sequence 2, -1, -4, -7,...?

• -3

• -1

• -2

• 3

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An arithmetic sequence is given below.

2, 9, 16, 23, ...

Which is the explicit formula for the n^th term a_n?

• a_n = -7n+9

• a_n = 7n-5

• a_n = 7n-9

• a_n = -7n+5

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Find the common difference: 29, 21, 13, 5, ...

• d = -10

• d = -9

• d = -8

• d = -7

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